महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-233, verse-9

कर्म त्वेके प्रशंसन्ति स्वल्पबुद्धितरा नराः ।
तेन ते देहजालानि रमयन्त उपासते ॥९॥

9. karma tveke praśaṁsanti svalpabuddhitarā narāḥ ,
tena te dehajālāni ramayanta upāsate.

9. karma tu eke praśaṃsanti svalpabuddhitarāḥ
narāḥ tena te dehajālāni ramayantaḥ upāsate

9. tu eke svalpabuddhitarāḥ narāḥ karma praśaṃsanti
tena te dehajālāni ramayantaḥ upāsate

9. Indeed, some people, being of deficient intelligence, praise (karma) action. By that, they delight in and pursue the multitude of bodies.

Words meanings summery:

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, ritual

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

• एके (eke) - some, certain ones

• प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - they praise, they commend

• स्वल्पबुद्धितराः (svalpabuddhitarāḥ) - of deficient intelligence (more deficient in intellect, of very little intelligence)

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

• तेन (tena) - by action (karma) (by that, therefore)

• ते (te) - those [people] (they, those)

• देहजालानि (dehajālāni) - multitudes of bodies, networks of bodies

• रमयन्तः (ramayantaḥ) - delighting in [them] (delighting, enjoying, causing to delight)

• उपासते (upāsate) - they pursue, they cling to (they serve, worship, attend upon, engage with)

Words meanings and morphology

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, ritual

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual action, fate, consequence of action

From root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Transliterated term included in translation.

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

एके (eke) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of eka

eka - one, some, certain

प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - they praise, they commend

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of śaṃs

Present tense, 3rd person plural, active voice

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

स्वल्पबुद्धितराः (svalpabuddhitarāḥ) - of deficient intelligence (more deficient in intellect, of very little intelligence)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svalpabuddhitarā

svalpabuddhitarā - more deficient in intellect, less intelligent

Comparative degree of svalpabuddhi (having little intelligence)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+alpa+buddhi+tara)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• alpa – little, small, few
  adjective
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, reason
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• tara – more, exceedingly (comparative suffix)
  suffix
  Comparative suffix

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human being, person

तेन (tena) - by action (karma) (by that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to karma.

ते (te) - those [people] (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to 'narāḥ'.

देहजालानि (dehajālāni) - multitudes of bodies, networks of bodies

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of dehajāla

dehajāla - multitude of bodies, network of bodies, bodily entanglement

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+jāla)

• deha – body, corporeal frame
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, snare, multitude, collection, entanglement
  noun (neuter)

रमयन्तः (ramayantaḥ) - delighting in [them] (delighting, enjoying, causing to delight)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ramayat

ramayat - delighting, enjoying, gladdening

Present Active Participle (causative stem)

From causative stem ramaya of root ram (to rejoice, delight)

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'te' (they).

उपासते (upāsate) - they pursue, they cling to (they serve, worship, attend upon, engage with)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of ās

Present tense, 3rd person plural, middle voice

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)